Rev Michael Stapleton
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Michael
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Stapleton
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Upperchurch, Thurles, Co Tipperary
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
All Hallows, Dublin
Country of Ordination:
Ireland
Ordination Diocese:
Brisbane
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Brisbane QLD
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Nudgee, Brisbane QLD
Country of Burial:
Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | Charleville | Assistant Priest | 1914 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | |||||
| Brisbane | Goodna | Parish Priest | 1914 | 1920 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar | ||||
| Brisbane | Hamilton | 1924 | 1948 | Toowoomba Prayer Calendar |
Biographical Notes
Charleville, Goodna, etc, Qld - Brisbane Diocese
Prayer Calendar: Deceased Priests who have ministered the Catholic Faith throughout Toowoomba and districts, 1864–2025, Compiled by Annie Carrett, Diocesan Archivist, 2001, Updated by Gabrielle Saide, Diocesan Archivist, 2023:
Rev Michael Stapleton, died 26 July 1948
Michael Stapleton was born in Upperchurch, Co.Tipperary, Ireland in 1968. Seminary studies were undertaken at All Hallows College, Dublin, and on their completion he was ordained there on 24th June, 1897. He came to Brisbane with his classmates, Frs J.F.McCarthy and T.Lee. He served in the following places: Assistant Priest, Charleville (1895-1914); Parish Priest Goodna (there 1914-1920) and Hamilton (1924-1948). Michael Stapleton was one of the 'characters' of the Archdiocese. Some of his idiosyncrasies were picked up during his period of western service. For example, while at Hamilton he is said to have conducted catechism class with a stock-whip in hand - a method "which inculcated a lively sense of devotion and a very strong class attendance at Hamilton". When Father Denis O'Rourke was appointed to Hamilton, as his Assistant Priest, he found it better to live with the Lawler family across the road than share the residence with Fr Stapleton. He died in Hamilton in 1948 and is buried in Nudgee Cemetery.
(Ref. Brisbane Archives, Linane S78 and Pugh's)
Reproduced by permission of Bishop Ken Howell.